融资约束与工作场所安全

Financing Constraints and Workplace Safety

Journal of Finance · 2016
被引 291
人大 A+FT50UTD24ABS 4*

中文导读

研究发现融资约束会降低企业对工作场所安全的投入,导致工伤率上升,进而损害企业价值。

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present evidence that financing frictions adversely impact investment in workplace safety, with implications for worker welfare and firm value. Using several identification strategies, we find that injury rates increase with leverage and negative cash flow shocks, and decrease with positive cash flow shocks. We show that firm value decreases substantially with injury rates. Our findings suggest that investment in worker safety is an economically important margin on which firms respond to financing constraints.

融资约束工作场所安全工伤率企业价值